Running-gear for vehicles.



No. 667,875. Patented FBb. l2', IQOI. W. L. GARRELS &. C. KIMBALL. RUNNING GEAR FOR VEHICLES.

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No. 667,875. Patented Feb. l2, I90l.

W. L. GARRELS &. C. KIMBALL.

RUNNING GEAR FOR VEHICLES.

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rVILLIAM L. GARRELS, OF ST. LOUIS, AND CLINTON KIMBALL, OE KIRKVVOOD, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS TO THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPANY, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y., AND JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

TTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUNNING-GEAR FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,875, dated February 12, 1901. Application filed December 29,1899. aerial No. 741,943 \No model.)

To all whom it may concern: left front wheel and the right rear wheel are Be it known that we, WILLIAM L. GARRELS, free to swing up and down in an arc whose residing in the city of St. Louis, and CLIN- center is the common axis of the swivel-joint, TON KIMBALL, residing at Kirkwood, St. Louis and obviously the upward and downward 5 county,Missou ri,citizens of the United States, movement of the right front wheel is, in effect,

have invented a new and useful Improvement the same as the downward or upward movein Running-Gears for Vehicles, of which the ment, respectively, of the left front wheel.

following is a specification. With relation to the two wheels on the same Our invention relates to running-gears for axle it is indiiferent whether the one moves or If. vehicles, and its principal object is to permit the other. The relative movement is allowed the two axles to incline in their respective for by the swivel connection, and thereby the vertical planes independently of each other, running-gearconforms accurately to the road.

so as to conform to the road-bed. In the construction shown in Fig. 2 the Another object is to avoid the necessity of main connecting-rod extends diagonally from 1 the flexing of the parts of the running-gear. one axle or bar to the other. It is connected Theinvention eonsistsprincipallyin arrangto one axle or bar rigidly, as shown at 10,

ingtherunning-gearintwomain portionsconand to the other by a swivel-joint 11. A

nected together by swivel-joints arranged on brace-rod 12 is rigidly connected to said main a common axis. rod and to the axle or bar to which said main 20 It also consists in devices and arrangements rod is rigidly connected. A second brace-rod hereinafter described and shown. 13 is rigidly connected to the other axle or In the accompanying drawings, which form bar and connected by a swivel-joint 14 to the part of this specification, and wherein like main connecting-rod, the two swivel-joints symbols refer to like parts wherever they 00- being arranged along thesame axis. The

2 our, Figure tie a plan view of our runningprincipal advantage of this construction over gear. 2 and 3 are modifications thereof; the one above described is .that it provides a and Figs. 4', 5, 6, and 7 show several forms of system of triangular bracing. It is obvious swivel-joints. that any desired number of braces may be The running-gear consists of a front axle used, provided those rigidly connected to the 0 or bar 1 and a rear axle or bar 2, connected axle or bar to which the main rod is swiveled together so as to be independently movable shall be swiveled to the main rod. in vertical planes. In order to permit such The modification shown in Fig. 3 is the independent vertical movement, the devices same construction as that of Fig. 1, with the connecting such axles or bars together have addition of a brace-rod 15 for each side bar 5 swivel-joints, arranged on a common axis. 3 4. Each brace-rod is rigidly connected to At the points where the parts fixed to the its side bar and to the axle or bar to which front axle connect with the rear bar are parts its side bar is connected, whereby the advanfixed to it. Thus in the construction shown tages of triangular bracing are secured for in Fig. l the two axles or bars are connected said construction. 9

40 by two side bars 3 t. One of these side bars It is noted as a characteristic of all the fore ii: has a rigid connection 5 to the front axle going constructions that the running-gear is and a swivel 6 to the rear axle or bar, while divided into two general sections whose conthe other side bar 3 has a rigid connection 7 structional outlines are triangular, and that to the rear axle or bar and a swivel connecthese sections are hinged together along a 5 tion 8 to the front axle. In order that the side common to the two triangles. These swivel connection can be arranged on a coinoutlines clearly appear in the design of the men axis, the portions of the swivel-joint fixed running-gear shown in Fig. 2; but the conto the respective axles or bars are inclined structional outline representing the theory of to alinement with each other and the end the other designs is the same, although in I00 50 portions of the side bars are inclined to corpractice the intermediate portions of the bar respond. By the arrangement described the constituting the common side are omitted.

' fastened therein. Extending snugly through said flanges is a collar or thimble 17, upon whose ends are rings or shoulders 18 19, adapted to fit snuglyin the tubular bars and rest against the flanges thereof. The parts may be assembled as follows: The thimble is preferably formed with one shoulder 18 integral therewith, and this shoulder is fitted into one of the tw.o.' Then a ring 20 is fastened in the end of saidrod; then the third ring 21 is slipped on the thimble, then the fourth ring 19 is fixed on the thimble, "these inserted into the second tube, and finally thesecond tube and the third ring are fastened together by any suitable means.

The modification shown in Fig. 6 is the same as that above described,with the diiference that the fourth ring is left out and the third ring is fixed to both the tube and the thimble. Fig. 7 is the same as Fig. 5, except that the thimble extends out between the ends of the tube forming the abutment for said ends and being fastened to a diagonal rod. This construction is especially valuable when it is desired to have the side bars swiveled to the rear bar of the frame, as we contemplate, and as shown at 7 in the drawings. v

The.csm wtnesllem s n iia & isp es with a separate rmmitie t'ytavifignnstrtstelescope the other; but in other respects the rings interlock, as in Fig 6.

The term swivel-joint, as used in this specification and the claims herein, is intended to include not only those joints wherein the two connected parts are in alinement with each other, but also all equivalent joints wherein the two connected parts turn or swing on a common axis, regardless of the alinement of said parts as, for instance, in an ordinary hinge or a universal joint.

What we claim is- 1. A runningear for vehicles, comprising two axles, and a connecting-frame composed of two triangular sections hinged together on the same oblique axial line, one .of the said sections being rigid; substantially as described.

2. A running-gear for vehicles, comprising two axles or bars and side bars connecting them, and swivel-joints in said side bars, arranged in the same oblique axial line, said joints being all in the same horizontal plane; substantially as described. 1

3. A running-gear for vehicles, comprising two axles or bars and side bars connecting them, and swivel-joints in said side bars, in-

terposed entirely between the axles, and arranged upon the same oblique axial line; substantially as described.

4. A running-gear for vehicles, comprising two axles, side bars connecting said axles, concentricallyarranged swivel-joints connecting the forward end of one side bar to the forward axle, and the rearend of the other bar to the rear axle, said swivel-joints being coincident to the same oblique line; substantially as described.

5. A running-gear for vehicles comprising two axles or bars and side bars connecting them, one of the side bars having a swiveljoint at or near the front axle and the other having a swivel-joint at or near the rear axle or bar, said swivel-joints being on the same axial line, and brace-rods extending from each side bar near its swivel-joint to the farther axle, substantially as described.

6. A running-gear comprising two axles or bars, bars extending from one of said axles to form a triangular frame, which frame is connected to the opposite axle or bar through va swivel-joint, and a brace rod or frame extending from the last-mentioned axle and having a swivel connection to the first-mentioned axle or a part mounted thereon, the two swivel-joints being arranged on the same axis, substantially as described.

7. A running-gear for vehicles comprising two axles or bars, bars extending from each axle to form triangular frames, and each frame being connected to the opposite axle through a swivel-joint, the two swivel-joints being arranged on the same axis, substantially as described.

8. A running-gear for vehicles comprising two axles and a connecting-frame comprising a'sw vel-joint, said swivel-jointconsisting of a connecting-piece having annular shoulders thereon and annularshoulders-on rods of the said running-gear for interlocking with said firstmentioned shoulders, substantially as described.

9. A running-gear for vehicles comprising two axles and a connecting-frame comprising a swivel-joint, said swivel-joint consisting of a shoulder on one of the parts of said running-gear and shoulders operatively mounted with reference to another rod of said running-gear on either side of said first-mentioned shoulder, substantially as described.

10. A running-gear for vehicles comprising two axles and a connecting-frame comprising a swivel-joint, said swivel-joint consisting of a connecting-piece having annular shoulders thereon and annular shoulders for interlocking therewith mounted on the rods of the running-gear to be connected,substantially as described.

W. L. GARRELS. CLINTON KIMBALL. 

